EditorialChana Ratsami plays a Thai xylophone in his home in the Bangkok Noi district of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, on March 22, 2022. (Adam Dean/The New York Times)
EditorialXylophone, probably South African, 19th century, probably South Africa, probably South African, Wood, leather, L. 115 cm (45-5/16 in.); W. 38 cm (14-15/16 in.), Idiophone-Struck-bar-wood.
EditorialIssued by W. Duke, Sons & Co., Xylophone, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes, Lithography by Schumacher & Ettlinger (New York), 1888, Commercial color lithograph, Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm).
EditorialXylophone, probably South African, 19th century, probably South Africa, probably South African, Wood, leather, L. 115 cm (45-5/16 in.); W. 38 cm (14-15/16 in.), Idiophone-Struck-bar-wood.
EditorialNatives of the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo) playing various musical instruments and dancing. A gourd-resonated xylophone marimba, a drum ngamba, double bell longa, and two percussion scrapers, kasuto and kilondo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Anton...
EditorialTerracotta bail-amphora (jar), Hellenistic, ca. 330?320 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Campanian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 29 in. (73.7 cm), Vases, Obverse, youth seated between two women, Reverse, two youths. A: Two women ofeering gifts to a seated you...
EditorialFigure: Pair of Balafon Players, 18th?early 19th century, Mali, Dogon peoples, Wood, metal, H. 15 7/16 x W. 5 3/4 x D. 6 1/2 in. (39.3 x 14.6 x 16.5 cm), Wood-Sculpture, These two figures are depicted playing the balafon, a type of xylophone composed o...
EditorialTerracotta bail-amphora (jar), Hellenistic, ca. 330?320 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Campanian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 29 in. (73.7 cm), Vases, Obverse, youth seated between two women, Reverse, two youths. A: Two women ofeering gifts to a seated you...
EditorialNatives of the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo) playing various musical instruments and dancing. A gourd-resonated xylophone marimba, a drum ngamba, double bell longa, and two percussion scrapers, kasuto and kilondo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Anton...